Several of us watched the show today of mom eating stalks of green leafy fennel under the footbridge. She’s still enormously pregnant and we must be days away from the blessed event. It turns out trappers sometimes use anise in beaver lures, so I guess that makes sense in terms of pregnant beaver cravings. Check out her fragrant concentration in the fennel video. I’m including today the letter to the city sent by resident Jean O’Neil, avid beaver supporter.
I’ve been a Martinez resident for 33 years. I raised my two children in this wonderful town. The beavers are absolutely the neatest thing that has happened in Martinez since I’ve lived here. It’s so much fun showing them to out of town friends, my visiting daughters, nieces from Portland and their 4 young children. It’s always an event. To take them away and destroy the beavers way of life here and all the enjoyment received from the beavers to the people of Martinez would be a cruel and sad thing to do. I’m very much against any action taken to remove them. And it would be an unfortunate statement about our city and a blight on our history.
Thanks Jean, for your concern and perspective! And here’s hoping Mama enjoys a good days sleep. If you need a little reading before bedtime, you might recognize this familiar story.
